MMM-CalendarExt3

MMRIZE

@BKeyport
What a coincidence.
Yesterday, a user asked me how to manipulate day-cell and remove events together at the same time. It is ideally the same with your purpose.

To reach your goal; 1) extracting an icon from an event and 2) putting it into the daycell would be needed.
However, manipulateDayCell is executed after all events processes are done, so it cannot be achieved with CX3 alone. With manipulateDayCell, you can extract icons and inject them into the daycell, but you cannot remove original events together easily.

With MMM-ModuleMonkeyPatch, you can remove events after rendering (before revealing)

/* In MMM-CalendarExt3 config */
  manipulateDateCell: (cellDom, events) => {
    let body = cellDom.querySelector('.cellBody')
    Array.from(events).forEach((e) => {
      if (Array.isArray(e.symbol) && e.symbol.length > 0) {
        let icon = document.createElement('span') 
        icon.className = e.symbol
        body.appendChild(icon)
        icon.style.color = e.color
      }
      
    })
  },
  maxEventLines: 1,

/* MMM-ModuleMonkeyPatch */
{
  module: "MMM-ModuleMonkeyPatch",
  config: {
    patches: [
      {
        module: "MMM-CalendarExt3",
        method: "getDom",
        patch: function (original, args) {
          let dom = original(args)
          let target = Array.from(dom.querySelectorAll('.event')) || []
          target.forEach((e) => {
            e.style.display = 'none'
          })
          return dom
        }
      }
    ]
  }
},

These codes are just concept-proof. There are many holes like overflowed events, order of events, … I bet you can improve codes for your purpose.

BKeyport

@MMRIZE that would be perfect, yes.

BKeyport

@MMRIZE actually, I don’t need to extract - the symbols are set by default Calendar app, so I’d be using “useSymbol:True” to get them only.

XDmToter

I am having trouble integrating MMM-CalendarExt3 with MMM-GoogleCalendar.
I’m not sure what else is required other than adding a “name” to the Google Calendar and then listing that in the “calendarSet” parameter in CalendarExt3.

Can anyone point out what I am missing?

Here is my config:

{
            module: 'MMM-GoogleCalendar',
            header: "Family Calendar",
            position: "top_left",
            config: {
                maximumEntries: 4,
                broadcastPastEvents: true,
                calendars: [
                  {
                    symbol: "calendar-week",
                    calendarID: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX@group.calendar.google.com",
                    name: 'famCal',
                  },
                ],
            }
        },
        {
            module: "MMM-CalendarExt3",
            position: "bottom_bar",
            title: "Family Calendar",
            config: {
                mode: "week",
                instanceId: "basicCalendar",
                calendarSet: ['famCal'],
            }
        },

I see the List view from MMM-GoogleCalendar, but I just get a blank calendar from MMM-CalendarExt3

MMRIZE

@XDmToter
Read this. https://github.com/MMRIZE/MMM-CalendarExt3#compatible-with-randombrainstormermmm-googlecalendar

By the way, this is a pure question.
Google Calendar provides iCAL format(.ics), so the default calendar module can also parse it. Why people use MMM-GoogleCalendar instead of the default calendar? Is there any special thing?
I ask this because one of the most frequently asked issues is how to use with MMM-GoogleCalendar.

MMRIZE

@XDmToter
Anyway, I requested PR of MMM-GoogleCalendar to solve this incompatible broadcasting. When @randomBrainstorm adopts the PR, this issue will be solved.

XDmToter

@MMRIZE Thank you for your reply. As I understand it, in order to use an ICal URL from Google Calendar, you have to make your calendar Public. Using MMM-GoogleCalendar is Authenticated using an API Token, so your calendar does Not need to be public.

I tried adding the “preProcessor” settings, but I still get a blank calendar. Does this get added to the “config” section, or the “module” section? I put it inside the config array.

        {
            module: "MMM-CalendarExt3",
            position: "bottom_bar",
            title: "Family Calendar",
            config: {
                mode: "week",
                instanceId: "basicCalendar",
                calendarSet: ['famCal'],
                preProcessor: (e) => {
                    if (e.start?.dateTime) {
                        e.startDate = new Date(e.start.dateTime).valueOf()
                    } else if (e.start?.date) {
                        e.startDate = new Date(`${e.start.date}T00:00:00`).valueOf()
                    }
 
                    if (e.end?.dateTime) {
                        e.endDate = new Date(e.end.dateTime).valueOf()
                    } else if (e.end?.date) {
                        e.endDate = new Date(`${e.end.date}T00:00:00`).valueOf()
                    }
 
                    e.title = e.summary
                    e.fullDayEvent = (e.start?.date) ? true : false
                    return e
                    }
            }
        }

MMRIZE

@XDmToter
Your configuration seems all right unless you may be missing some brackets matching or commas at the end of the continuous module definitions.

In MM screen, Ctrl+Shift+i will open dev console. You may see suspicious error messages if they happen.

gonzonia

@XDmToter
There’s a way to get an iCal URL without making it public. I see this in my “Settings and Sharing” section of Google Calendar. Screenshot 2023-10-11 at 2.28.40 PM.png

MMRIZE

@gonzonia @XDmToter
But anyway, for shared-calendar (e.g. Family calendar), MMM-GoogleCalendar is worthy. (And there would be the possibility to implement a reminder feature also.)

I discussed this issue with @randomBrainstorm, and I can bet the fixed version of MMM-GoogleCalendar will be released soon. At that time, the need for conversion will be gone.